Correct. When he was a bench-ridden enigma, of course there was hope. When he was an alternative to Mike Dunleavy, of course we wanted to see ANYONE else in. And then, when he finally got playing time and we were able to judge his game, the people that actually watched the games on the regular saw the kid for the talentless, streaky, athletically-gifted-but-fundamentally-retarded player that he truly is.

Kinda like how everybody liked Ike Diogu before he got any minutes, too. I fully admit to believing the hype about both of them. But believing the hype is one thing; continuing to support and claim good things about a bad player AFTER WE'VE SEEN HIM PLAY CONSISTENTLY (i mean, Christ, he started most of last year!) is a whole other level.